Bunn v. Valley Lumber Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Eau Claire County. Replevin, for logs. The facts found by the court were substantially as follows: On the 6th of January, 1876, one Cornell sold to one Snow all his interest in the pine timber suitable for saw logs upon certain lands in Chippewa county belonging to Cornell.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Eau Claire County. Replevin, for logs. The facts found by the court were substantially as follows: On the 6th of January, 1876, one Cornell sold to one Snow all his interest in the pine timber suitable for saw logs upon certain lands in Chippewa county belonging to Cornell. The contract of sale was in writing, under seal, duly witnessed, etc., and was duly recorded on the 27th of January, 1876, in the office of the lumber inspector of the district which includes Chippewa and Eau Claire counties. By the terms of this contract,.Snow was to pay for the timber…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
In Cadle v. McLean, 48 Wis., 630, it was decided that section 19, ch. 42, Tay. Stats., refers to a sale and transfer of logs already cut and marked, and had no application to a sale or mortgage of standing timber which was thereafter to be cut into logs. If the construction placed upon the *378statute in that case was correct — and a majority of the court are still of the opinion that it was,— then it necessarily follows that the filing of the contract under which the plaintiff claims, •in the lumber inspector’s office, did not operate to affect an ini nocent purchaser of the logs from Snow with…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ballard v. . BurgettNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Williams v. PorterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- Kimball v. PostWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Ballard v. BurgettNew York Supreme Court · 1866
- Cadle v. McLeanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
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- Lillie v. DunbarWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Clark v. B. B. Richards Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Williams v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- Bent v. HoxieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
- Estate of HenryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
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